Re: Kaama whats the word?
 

I know ONE thing!!

When I working up there a couple of years back, me and KAAMA took that beast out. We went for a run in it. It ran like a BAT out of HELL!! It was VERY LOAD. My ears were ringing the next morning. He blamed it on the engine hatch being OFF. Yeah right!! IT was those SWEEET sounding Stellings!! :D

I can just imagine how its going to run this time!

Best of luck KAAAMA!!! GET ER DONE@!! :D :D

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That weekend was the beginning of the end for my motor.... not a good day for me except I too got to ride in the banana boat!!

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I talked to Kaama in the Muskegon channel in our boats and heard his motors.....they were loud....sweet a$$ sounding before....I'm sure they will still be all of that.....can't wait to hear em....I do like the color yella myself too Kaama...good choice...Fred

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He can wake the dead allright! I can always here the stellings dry stacks from my house when he lauches in Holland........But I still think he's YELLA! :evilb:

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Yella or not it will be good just to see him out in the "summer type" weather for a change......

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so Fred, when are you gonna be out our way with the Excaliber???

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You guys are right, it's been a long haul and I just want to have that euphoric feeling of being out on the water again like everyone else does.

Oh by the way, pay no attention to Dyno/Don he's one of my good boating friends and I still accept him for who he is-----even though he was an abused child, and doesn't know any better. ;) ......... :D :D :D

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bro , lets see some dyno sheets , or is this gonna have to turn into another tmp thread :D :D

i got a combo similar to yours - the dominator and 25 cubes.

spill it!

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i've been givin the scoop but sworn to secrecy.......can wait to get that big yella lobster boat wet!!! :drink:

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well , reving those poppers to 5800 on the dyno while decreasing the load isn't the same as running them in that tugboat there going in.

:D :D

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Waterfoul, I won't make the Memorial day weekend because of things I can be doing on the boat with the three day weekend at hand, plus the weather is a little sketchy....I will however be heading to the marina next weekend with the boat rain or shine, see you around this summer?...get that motor going.....hows your job status these days Mike?....Fred

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Job is not going to bad at the moment... but like the weather in Michigan, that could change at any moment!

Heading to T.C. for the weekend. Next week I will be getting started on the motor for my boat. I finally have everything at my house so I can work on it. Garage is full of junk, but it's all there!! LOL!!

And I'll see you around this summer if you ever invite me out on your boat!! On a slight tangent.... you have 2 in college now, right?? You'll be needing gas money if that's the case!!

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Congrats Mark :evilb: :evilb: They are lookin good, glad your going to be back to boating....

LOL
It pays to have ( • )( • ) :D I didn't even have to pry for the #'s :D

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Mike...yes two in college....actually one is done with her training...(Douglass J Beauty School), and she turned 21 on the 23rd,(look-out!) the other just completed her first year at Western Michigan University...anyway yes they still cost me.... but the two of them have stayed out of trouble and are both still single (that has also saved me $) good to hear that your job is still there, we are finally getting busy here in the machine tool manufacturing also, for about a year it was getting pretty dry, anyway get that motor back together and do some boating, we will be doing trips to hanky-pank this year as I showed the daughters that place last season and well...who wouldn't like it!....talk to soon Mike....Fred

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KAAMA runs that loud exhaust so he can show off his super smooth idle!! Probably the only 900 HP NA motors in the world that idle like 330's! :D

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Can't really tell you how a dyno works exactly---but I can tell about the integrity of the guy running the dyno. He doesn't fudge the numbers---they are what they are. And about my boat being a tugboat-----well, if you do a search you will find that I have usually refered to my boat as being "my hog". :D

Anyway, how's the weather down there?---must be some prime boating weather I'll bet. Have a great Memoril Day weekend. :)

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Yeah, like that giant sucking sound that you hear when Mobil, Exxon and BP bend you over for fuel,,,,,,,,and that euphoric feeling when you're coming in on the wrong end of a tow rope that's hooked to a 17-foot Alumicraft with 28 downriggers that still have the fishing gear down,,,,,,,,,and that euphoric feeling knowing you're on your way for that two-hundred-dollar hamburger at the Sportsman's Bar in Ludville,,,,,,,,it's almost euphoric enough to wish I was abusing myself with a handful of broken glass,,,,,,,,

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lol !!! the hog , just messin with ya :D :D :D post some pics of that hog. mine is reffered to as the gilligan special :evilb: :D :D

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Geez... Crazy just used "euphoric" 3 times in one paragraph... must be the drugs... :drink:

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Crazy you are too funny!

Open, sometimes I even call it "my hog leg" :D ---anyway here you go...

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Sorry about the quality of the first shot so we'll try this other shot, and hopefully it will have a sharper image in the post----Warren Dunes State Park on Lake Michigan...

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Here's a pic of it on the trailer. Gotta love those twin engine boats.

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i gotta get out and see america!! i thought that was a mountain :crazy: :D :D

nice hog , kinda yella :D

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WOW Mark when was that pic taken? I've never seen your boat in the water when there wasn't any snow on the ground!!! :D

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KAAMA, you're getting pretty good with photoshop. It actually looks like your boating in that picture you posted.

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Dave

Take a look at your cup and tell me if it's half full or half empty. I bet I know the answer.

Mark
We should try to met up at the dunes this year for some more pictures. I know I could use some.

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If anyone cares heres my numbers off the dyno earlier this week. 548CI, Merlin X intake, 1050 dominator, AFR 315 CNC heads.

677 HP at 5700rpm on what I believe is a pretty legit dyno.

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I don't really care, but those are pretty damn good numbers!!!!!!!!

Let's get that baby back in the water!!!!!!!!!!

You going to bring it to Hartwell this weekend and break it in?

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Let's see,,,,,,,half empty,,,,,,,,,,,,half full,,,,,,,,,,,,,oh, nuts. I'll just drink right out of the faucet. That way I don't have to wash the glass.

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No, I tend to use one-syllable words when the drugs are doing the slurring.

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Or just crawl your way over to Pete's bowl. :D

He might not like that though.....grrrrrrrrrr

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Hey, I share my Cheezits with him. I think it's only fair that he share the water/gin/vodka/Night-Train-Express bowl with me,,,,,,,,,

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Hey Swede---congrats on the numbers! I agree with Doc Holliday---pretty respectible for small heads with the cubes you're running. I'll bet your torque numbers are pretty impressive as well.

Roger, show them how nice yellow can look on an engine----go ahead and post a picture of your engines here---I think they look pretty hot! Hey, last year I was in South Haven for the 4th of July and it was awesome---wished I had my hog in the water and I was thinking of possibly hanging out around St. Joe/South Haven for the 4th of July again this year only WITH my puddle jumper. I am hoping Doug's Cover Girl will be back in the water by then.

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So Kaama....what is the official date to put that "Hog" in the water going to be?....Fred

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I think he's shooting for late November! :D

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Ouch!!

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Fred, I am going to attempt to have the engines installed next week, so who knows I just might be running by next weekend---man, somebody pinch me!!!

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Next weekend would be cool....I'm planning on hitting the water next weekend for the first time this season as well...hope to see ya...good luck with it.....Fred

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Congrats Mark. It'll be good to be back on the water. Mine should be floating by then also. Too bad I won't be able to keep up with yours. P.M. me the numbers, I won't tell anyone, honest. :rolleyes: :D

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Ian/Patriot, looks like several of us will be in the water here pretty quick. I am quite sure it will be the other way around---your boat will certainly handle much rougher seas than mine.

Dyno, Looks like you're up to bat. I stopped in at WESCO's shop today, and saw your blocks all machined, and in plastic bags with your cranks, pistons, etc sitting there ready for the engine stands. I am sure he will start assembling them ASAP. I will probably have mine out of there by Tuesday or Wedensday of next week, put the headers on and plug them into the boat.

Hey Vette/Craig---thanks for your optimism, but we dyno tested my engines with my raw sea water pumps, and alternators, and didn't quite make it to 900hp---I know you were kidding anyway, but I must say they DO have a smooth sweet ilde for a 565cid ---about 750rpm or so in neutral. I have the MSD crank trigger system, going through the Crane Hi-6M ignition boxes. Where ever you set the timing, that is where they stay! The timing never moves like the pick-up will have the tendancy to do a bit in a distributor, so I think it may aid a bit in idle quality.